Search the Mutuals Public Register [1]

The Mutuals Public Register is the public record of registered mutual societies:

• building societies
• credit unions
• friendly societies
• registered societies

It contains:

• details of societies’ registered offices and contact information
• the services they offer
• public documents such as yearly returns and accounts

If a document you want is available online, you will need to pay to download it.

Once you download a document from the register, it will appear in the ‘My documents’ section, and you’ll need to log into your account to get it.

If the document isn’t available online, you can ask for a paper copy.

Costs

Find out how much it costs to download documents [2].

Find out how to order paper copies [2] and how much they cost.

If you can’t find what you’re looking for

If you can’t find what you’re looking for, the society might not be registered anywhere. Rather than a society, it may be:

• a private company
• a limited liability partnership
• another types of organisation, or
• have no legal status

You can search the Companies House website [3] for information on companies and limited liability partnerships.

Other registers

Financial Services Register

We authorise some mutual societies to offer financial services. These firms appear on the Mutuals Public Register [4] and the Financial Services Register [5]. They include:

• building societies
• credit unions
• many friendly societies
• some registered societies

Search the Financial Services Register [5].

Consumer Credit Register

Mutual societies offering consumer credit services, such as lending money or arranging credit, will appear on the Mutuals Public Register [4] and the Consumer Credit Register.

Search the Consumer Credit Register [6].

More information

Find out more about mutual societies [7].